Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission – Te Komihana Rūwhenua o Waitaha
Those who lost relatives and friends in the 22 February earthquake can be assured that there will be a very thorough inquiry into the failure of buildings that resulted in loss of life.
Performance of Unreinforced Masonry in the 2010/2011 Canterbury Earthquake Swarm: Technical Report by Associate Professor Jason M Ingham and Professor Michael C Griffith, August 2011
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 6 - Investigation by the Department of Building and Housing into the building collapses - Technical investigation into the performance of buildings in the Christchurch CBD in the 22 February Christchurch aftershock: Technical Report by Department of Building and Housing, September 2011
Building Evaluation Transition Team - Processes Used and Lessons Learnt Following the Darfield Earthquake of 4 September 2010: Technical Report by Esther Griffiths of Sisirc Consulting Limited and Deane McNulty of McNulty Engineering Management Limited, January 2011
System of Building Controls - Building regulatory framework, May 2011: Briefing to Royal Commission of Inquiry into building failure caused by Canterbury Earthquakes: Technical Report by the Department of Building and Housing, May 2005
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 2: The building regulatory system - Performance-based building regulatory systems: Principles and experiences: Technical Report by Inter-Jurisdictional Regulatory Collaboration Committee, February 2010
System of Building Controls - Exhibit A and appendix A of the Briefing to Royal Commission of Inquiry into building failure caused by Canterbury Earthquakes about the Building Regulatory Framework: Technical report by Department of Building and Housing, May 2011
Management of Earthquake Risk by Canterbury Regional Council and Christchurch City Council - Obligations and Responses under RMA: Technical Report by Enfocus Ltd, November 2011
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 4: Building Act tools for the upgrading of the structural performance of buildings assessment and improvement of the structural performance of buildings in earthquakes: Technical report by New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, June 2006
System of Building Controls - Regulation of Registered Architects - Registered Architects Act 2005 and Registered Architects Rules 2006: Technical Report by New Zealand Cabinet, 2006
Report into Building Safety Evaluation in the Central Business District Following the 4 September 2010 Earthquake: Technical Report by the Christchurch City Council, August 2011, Part 5 of 5, Page 171-196
Report into Building Safety Evaluation in the Central Business District Following the 4 September 2010 Earthquake: Technical Report by the Christchurch City Council, August 2011, Part 2 of 5, Page 81-117
Independent Assessment on Earthquake Performance of Craigs Investment Partners House - 90 Armagh Street: Report prepared by Peter Smith and Jonathan Devine of Spencer Holmes Limited, February 2012
System of Building Controls - Appendix A, Section 3: Development of structural design and standards - Overview timeline of standards relating to determination of loads and methods of determining loads: Technical report compiled by Standards New Zealand, August 2011
Report into Building Safety Evaluation in the Central Business District Following the 4 September 2010 Earthquake: Technical Report by the Christchurch City Council, August 2011, Part 1 of 5, Page 1-80